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Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes

2011 Nicholas A. Robins ;ISBN: 9780253356512 ;ISBN: 0253356512 ;ISBN: 9780253005380 ;ISBN: 0253005388 ;EISBN: 9780253005380 ;EISBN: 0253005388 ;OCLC: 768081340 ;LCCallNum: hd9537.b63p676 2011

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Title:
Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes
Author: Robins, Nicholas A
Subjects: Bolivia ; Colonialism ; Community ; Environmental aspects ; Environmental degradation ; Environmental degradation - Peru - Huancavelica ; Environmental Science ; Exploitation ; Health aspects ; Health Sciences ; HISTORY ; Huancavelica ; Indians, Treatment of ; Latin America ; MEDICAL ; Mercury mines and mining ; Mineral resources ; Mining ; Peru ; Potosí (Dept.) ; Public Health ; Silver mines ; Silver mines and mining
Description: On the basis of an examination of the colonial mercury and silver production processes and related labor systems, Mercury, Mining, and Empire explores the effects of mercury pollution in colonial Huancavelica, Peru, and Potosí, in present-day Bolivia. The book presents a multifaceted and interwoven tale of what colonial exploitation of indigenous peoples and resources left in its wake. It is a socio-ecological history that explores the toxic interrelationships between mercury and silver production, urban environments, and the people who lived and worked in them. Nicholas A. Robins tells the story of how native peoples in the region were conscripted into the noxious ranks of foot soldiers of proto-globalism, and how their fate, and that of their communities, was-and still is-chained to it.
Publisher: Bloomington: Indiana University Press
Creation Date: 2011
Format: 320
Language: English
Identifier: ISBN: 9780253356512
ISBN: 0253356512
ISBN: 9780253005380
ISBN: 0253005388
EISBN: 9780253005380
EISBN: 0253005388
OCLC: 768081340
LCCallNum: hd9537.b63p676 2011
Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete

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Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes

2011 Nicholas A. Robins ;ISBN: 9780253356512 ;ISBN: 0253356512 ;ISBN: 9780253005380 ;ISBN: 0253005388 ;EISBN: 9780253005380 ;EISBN: 0253005388 ;OCLC: 768081340 ;LCCallNum: hd9537.b63p676 2011

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